Dolly's Mountain Shuttle

19/07/2023

The snow plug is GONE! We’ve successfully made it through. Let the summer shenanigans begin! THAT SAID, please be respectful and mindful in our beautiful backcountry, especially with parking 😁 See y’all out there!

14/07/2023

We had hikers today!

They said it’s very doable. There are a few water crossings that were still partially covered in snow so you could walk over them and one that was about knee high on the aspen side.

There is a patch of snow, about 200 feet that they were able to walk over (no post holing today). They thought flowers were a week to a week and a half out but some areas were amazing already.

We were also told that there is a little scramble at the top of the pass, but not a big deal, everyone was making it. Poles are still helpful for river crossing and snow, but micro spikes not necessary!

My driver thinks the road should be clear in about a week, maybe less.

That all said, the conditions will continue to change daily with these warm temps so hard saying about the water crossings and post holing in the coming weeks!

23/06/2023

One of our employees went exploring on Tuesday. There is still so much snow in the back country. We usually shoot for beginning of July, this year, hopefully the trail is good for hiking by the 3rd week or so.

As far as the road opening all the way to the trailhead, that’s a great question… Last time we had a winter like this one, we didn’t get all the way through till the 1st week of September.

That said, once the trail is safely doable for hikers, it just means that it adds an extra approx. 2 miles to the hike.

Here’s to hoping for warm temps to help melt some of this glorious white stuff that Mother Nature graced us with this winter!

Thanks Kevin Wright for the pics and update!

01/02/2023

Anyone have a shovel we could borrow? 😂
It’s been DUMPING in CB.
“We Have Snow Up To Our Butte”!
Thanks Kate for the fun pic taken at our shop today ⛄️
Luckily these aren’t our vans but our neighbor sure does have his work cut out for him!

12/06/2022

It is melting fairly quickly but there is still a LOT of snow in the backcountry!

23/01/2022

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Life at night over our sleepy little town 🌌

06/01/2022

ᗯE’ᐯE GOT ᔕᑎOᗯ ᑌᑭ TO Oᑌᖇ ᗷᑌTTE!!!

The skiing is fantastic right now. If you haven’t booked your ski trip yet, now is the time! Give us a call for your transportation needs 970-209-9757

02/09/2021

THEY HAVE BEEN FOUND! The parents have been told they are in good health.

Thank you to EVERYONE for helping!

Update on MISSING HIKERS

A team of 4 went to the summit & back last night, returning around 2:30am, no signs.

3-SAR teams were leaving to start their searches at 7:30 this morning.

The SAR Teams tend to believe the boys MIGHT have taken a wrong turn & ended up:
1. At Marble
2. At Snowmass Lake (I think)
3. At Frigid Air Summit
4. Or at someone's campsite for the night (most likely)

Also, the parents are worried that the boys may have separated. The day prior, they hiked to Aspen over East maroon Pass. Zach hiked ahead. They are concerned they may have separated yesterday as well. So please keep an eye out for them as individuals as well as them together.

PLEASE KEEP SHARING AND SPREADING THE WORD.
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MISSING HIKERS

I know this is a long shot but anyone that currently knows people out on the trails with a satellite device, please spread the word that there are missing hikers.

Zack and Eric left Aspen this morning (Wednesday) at approx. 6am. They were supposed to arrive at West Maroon Pass Trailhead on the Crested Butte side at approx. 1pm today.

This is a picture of Zack and Eric and what they were wearing.

Thoughts are they may have gotten off trail at Frigid Air Pass (maybe?? We don’t know). Their parents are extremely worried and say that this is very uncharacteristic of them. They are brothers, one in his mid 20’s and one in his mid 30’s.

Please spread the word! Text people with sat devices! Ask them to YELL their names! Search and Rescue is heading out shortly as well.

Any information please contact:
Michael @ 918-344-6974

🙏🏻 Praying they are found safe.

26/08/2021

Book a wine tour, you won't regret it! This is a super fun 8 hour day-trip to Paonia/Hotchkiss. 970-209-9757

26/07/2021

Gunnison County worked tirelessly this morning to clear the road! 😃

26/07/2021

Edit! Our wonderful county road crews has the road cleared! Still be careful, especially with all the rain in the forecast.

Heads up to all hikers!!! There was a mud and rockslide today just above emerald lake. Plan to plan around this! And MORE rain in the forecast.

Edit: I should also mention that there are 5-6 slides. Some are much smaller than others. The biggest seems to be about 6’ deep. The slides span across about 150’ (per our diver that was out there today).

15/05/2021

If you haven’t made your Aspen/CB hiking plans yet, get on it! We are already almost sold out a couple Saturday’s in July. Book now through our website www.crestedbutteshuttle.com and click the Book Now button. See you out there!